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Weak and intermittent anoxia during the mid-Tournaisian (Mississippian) anoxic event in the Montagne Noire, France

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Michał Rakociński Open the ORCID record for Michał Rakociński [Opens in a new window] ,
Daria Książak ,
Agnieszka Pisarzowska ,
Michał Zatoń  and
Markus Aretz
Michał Rakociński*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Institute of Earth Sciences, Będzińska 60, Sosnowiec 41-200, Poland
Daria Książak
Affiliation:
Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Institute of Earth Sciences, Będzińska 60, Sosnowiec 41-200, Poland
Agnieszka Pisarzowska
Affiliation:
Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Institute of Earth Sciences, Będzińska 60, Sosnowiec 41-200, Poland
Michał Zatoń
Affiliation:
Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Institute of Earth Sciences, Będzińska 60, Sosnowiec 41-200, Poland
Markus Aretz
Affiliation:
Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD, UPS, 14 avenue E. Belin, F-31400 Toulouse, France
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Author for correspondence: Michał Rakociński, Email: michal.rakocinski@us.edu.pl
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Abstract

The mid-Tournaisian black radiolarian cherts of the Lydiennes Formation are exposed in deep-shelf successions of the Puech de la Suque and Col des Tribes sections of the Mont Peyroux Nappe area in the Montagne Noire, southern France. This interval represents the mid-Tournaisian anoxic event that is also termed the Lower Alum Shale Event. This event is associated with a global marine transgression that was characterized by increased productivity and drastic facies changes from pelagic carbonate sedimentation to the widespread deposition of black organic-rich siliceous shales and radiolarites in many parts of the world. In the present study, high-resolution inorganic geochemistry and framboidal pyrite analyses were employed to decipher changes in depositional conditions during the mid-Tournaisian anoxic event in the Montagne Noire. The results show that the total organic carbon contents of sediments associated with the Lower Alum Shale Event vary from 0.09 to 1.9 wt %. These low to moderate total organic carbon contents, high U/Th, low Corg/P and intermediate V/Cr ratios, enrichment in redox-sensitive trace elements, such as U, Mo and V, as well as varying sizes of pyrite framboids, indicate periodic dysoxic to anoxic bottom-water conditions during deposition of the studied sediments. Anomalous Hg spikes (>500 ppb) are also reported in the mid-Tournaisian deep-water marine succession of the Montagne Noire in the present study, which confirm a possible influence of increased regional volcanic activity during this environmental turnover.

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mid-Tournaisian EventLower Alum Shale Eventanoxiadysoxiavolcanismmercury
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Geological Magazine , Volume 160 , Issue 5 , May 2023 , pp. 831 - 854
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